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    Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...
    103 KB (12,570 words) - 17:17, 19 May 2024
  • Tin mining began early in the Bronze Age, as bronze is a copper-tin alloy. Tin is a relatively rare element in the Earth's crust, with approximately 2...
    17 KB (1,988 words) - 21:54, 6 May 2024
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    Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...
    77 KB (11,774 words) - 12:02, 28 April 2024
  • underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying...
    82 KB (9,968 words) - 06:50, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mining engineering
    Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such...
    30 KB (3,813 words) - 20:06, 2 June 2024
  • In the context of cryptocurrency mining, a mining pool is the pooling of resources by miners, who share their processing power over a network, to split...
    14 KB (2,097 words) - 09:02, 25 May 2024
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    Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning...
    93 KB (10,228 words) - 23:37, 1 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artisanal mining
    small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a type of subsistence mining involving a miner who may or may not be officially employed by a mining company...
    75 KB (8,922 words) - 21:21, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mining in Australia
    Mining in Australia has long been a significant primary sector industry and contributor to the Australian economy by providing export income, royalty payments...
    50 KB (4,739 words) - 23:01, 28 January 2024
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    offerings and shut down mining. Many Chinese miners have since relocated to Canada and Texas. One company is operating data centers for mining operations at Canadian...
    213 KB (19,237 words) - 19:01, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hecla Mining
    Hecla Mining is a gold, silver, and other precious metals mining company based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1891, it is the second-largest mining company...
    13 KB (1,647 words) - 16:25, 28 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    The mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Industrie minière de la République Démocratique du Congo) produces copper, diamonds...
    104 KB (11,865 words) - 11:25, 25 May 2024
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    Deep sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the ocean floor at depths of 200 metres (660 ft) to 6,500 metres (21,300 ft). Deep-sea mining uses hydraulic...
    70 KB (7,965 words) - 04:12, 28 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Iron mining in the United States
    Iron mining in the United States produced 48 million metric tons of iron ore in 2019. Iron ore was the third-highest-value metal mined in the United States...
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  • Newmont (redirect from Newmont Mining Corp.)
    Corporation is an American gold mining company based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It is the world's largest gold mining corporation. Incorporated in 1921...
    24 KB (2,614 words) - 23:49, 7 March 2024
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    1970. Currently production still occurs in a third area, the Viburnum Trend, in southeastern Missouri. Mining and milling of ore produced more than 500 million...
    4 KB (443 words) - 13:44, 25 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mining industry of South Africa
    Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large-scale and...
    37 KB (3,883 words) - 20:58, 2 June 2024
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    Mining is important to the national economy of Mongolia. Mongolia is one of the 29 resource-rich developing countries identified by the International Monetary...
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  • Thumbnail for Mineral industry of Europe
    The European mining industry has a long tradition. Although the continent's mining earns for a small share of GDP, it provides a large and significant...
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  • vermiculite, and zirconium. The Central African Mining and Exploration Company (CAMEC), one of Africa's primary mining enterprises, faced criticisms for its unregulated...
    52 KB (7,383 words) - 03:24, 26 November 2023
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